Things We Think Are Awesome – Part 1

As part of our Awesome Things Challenge, we asked some of our friends to send over their favorite awesome things….and they sent over so many that we are going to do a post every day til Christmas…..here is today’s lineup!!!

Jeanne’s Favorite Beautiful Things“I think beautiful art supplies are awesome! I love the beautiful mess that a table of paints, pastels and inks make. These are my new favorite pastels.”

“it’s more than a song. it’s a chant. a mantra. a hymn. a meditation, and a lullaby. i’ve been singing it to baby True and I hope that every word, every piece of it, sinks into his soul, his bones, his heart.
May the Grace of God be with you always, in your heartMay you know the truth inside you from the startMay you find the strength to know that you are apart of something beautiful…

I had to share with you as it’s not often that a song reaches me so deeply. Big thanks to my friend Jen for sending it over to me.”

Put white chocolate melts in a Pyrex dish and melt for 30 seconds and then mix. Continue to melt in 15 seconds increments until chocolate is smooth (like cake batter, but with no lumps ☺) Add crushed Oreos and peppermint crunch and mix thoroughly. Lay out on waxed paper and spread out evenly to a 1/4 inch thick layer. Let dry and harden for 45 minutes. (you can also place it in the refrigerator if it helps to chill it faster, just make sure it is supported on the bottom) break up into pieces and eat till you get sick!It also tastes really yummy melted in some hot chocolate! (seriously, this is awesome!)

Enjoy! (See the complete recipe on this blog post: http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-days-of-blessings.html)

“When you give and love unconditionally, it all comes back to you tenfold! When you give with no strings attached and without mention, you receive so much back in return. Doing a good deed not only affects those around us, it ultimately improves our own well being!”

“I chose this totally awesome thing because it touched my heart and made me jump up and down with a huge smile on my face….and clap my hands over how proud I was of Stephanie Lee for taking on this challenge.

I think what is most beautiful about this story is that she is putting everything she’s got into helping her tiny little town…it’s not a glitzy publicity stunt and it’s not happening on a busy city street…it’s a tiny little town that she loves and she just wants to take what she’s got….truth and beauty and wisdom and creativity and art….and lift the spirits of others with it. (make sure you click the link to read about what she is doing!)

This is an AWESOME STORY about an AWESOME WOMAN….I love her art, I have taken a few of her classes, I own and LOVE her books….but THIS PROJECT HERE is really who she is….I love her soul…….”

“In spite of all the noise being made by ‘celebrity chefs’ out there, this guy is my kitchen hero. Way back before there was a Food Network, Christopher Kimball (who I just noticed looks slightly like Dwight S.’s long lost ‘nicer’ brother) decided that what the cooking world needed is ‘Recipes That Work’ for real world cooks. So at the age of 29 and with help from family and friends as his angel investors, he started Cooks Magazine. 30 years later he is the creator (and active boss-man) of several cooking magazines, a tv show called America’s Test Kitchen (named after an actual place he created called by the same name), several websites, a ton of cookbooks, and a popular blog he writes himself right from his working farm in Vermont. I have a long shelf full of his cookbooks, subscribe to his magazines, watch his show if I’m home at 10:30 a.m. on a Saturday, and I’m a paid subscriber to his websites which I visit often…and I actually USE his recipes a LOT. They test the dickens out of every recipe, every ingredient, every tool, every technique…until they chunk it down to a recipe that really DOES WORK!! www.cooksillustrated.com — absolutely phenomenal in every way and the best place to learn about anything food related. I would love to hang out with him and his gang at the test kitchen.”

Kathy Wilkins
www.bravegirlsclub.com

Dawn’s Favorite Life-Saver

“This is more of a necessity, I just discovered it a few months ago and I don’t know how I raised kids without it. It is a stain remover: Carbona Stain Devils. They come in these little yellow bottles and there are different numbered bottles for different stains. (chocolate, ketchup, mustard; oil and grease; dairy etc…) These work so great! Available pretty much at any store.”

Dawn Blackstead

Janet’s Favorite Awesome Treat

“Have you seen them??!!! True Story……you can roast the SAME Jet-Puffed JUMBO marshmallow FOUR times!
Craziest, puffiest, most AWESOME thing ever??? Of course it is!!!!!!! “

And…remember to leave YOUR ‘Awesome Things’ Comments at the bottom of our Awesome Things Challenge blog post (CLICK HERE), and while you’re there, be sure to read the Awesome Things posted by Brave Girls EVERYWHERE. Not only is it tons of fun, but you’ll be entered into our drawing for a free Body Restoration tuition!!

Be part of our Awesome Things VIDEO! Just take a photo of yourself with your ‘awesome thing’ with a sign that says ‘awesome’…and email it toawesomethings@bravegirlsclub.com! Deadline is December 20, and the video will be LIVE before Christmas. Come on…it’ll be fun!!

We love you, and we think YOU are awesome!

xoxo

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Christopher Kimball and the Cook’s Illustrated team are the best! Every recipie gives you all the reasons that they do it that way, what you will get if you change certain aspects and how to know if you did it wrong. I love the magazine and show! Good Choice!

Aaaaahhhhh! You picked two of the MOST AWESOME things I know!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Stain Devils! I cook for a living and there are grease stains on everything I own. Literally. Stain Devils cleans it all up. And I also LOVE Cook’s Country and Chris Kimball! The recipes are awesome and the show is great! And one more thing that’s awesome? You guys!!